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THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION Ui)' UEOKUIA
MARCH 31, 1945
Winston-Salem Honors
Catholic Boy Scouts
WINSTON-SALEM, N. C — Dur
ing the observance of Boy Scout
Anniversary Week in Winston-
Salem, members of Troop 48, spon
sored by St. Leo’s Church, were
honored in the selection of Scouts
who served as city officials. Clarke
Trent was chosen to serve as may
or. in recognition of his being the
highest ranking Scout in the city;
Alexis A. Nicholas was given the
next highest position in the city
government, that of Commissioner
of Finance; a police commission
was held by Eagle Scout Degon,
and a place on the board of aider-
man was held by Fred Trent.
During the Scout Anniversary
Week. Scouts David Russell and
Fred Trent were awarded “Ad Al-
tare Dei” awards by the Rev.
Thomas A. Williams, of Kinston,
Director of Scouting for the
Diocese of Raleigh. Bars for “Ad
Altare Dei” awards, attesting 100
hours of additional service, were
presented to Eagle Scouts Clarke
Trent and Alexis Nicholas.
For the last two years, Troop
58 has received the John Brown
Award, marking the greatest ad
vancement in Scouting for the
year. This coveted trophy has been
awarded Alexis Nicholas and Ray
Degon. This year, Fred Trent, of
Trop 58, received honorable men
tion for his splendid showing.
Alphonse Daye is Scoutmaster
of Troop 58. He is assisted by
Clarke Trent and Alexis A. Nich
olas. The Troop Committee is
headed by the Rev. Michel J. Beg
ley. pastor of "St. Leo’s Church,
and includes John Daye, John T.
Gaynor, C. W. Russell, William
Farrell, Sr., .and Justos Rios. The
Cubmaster of Pack 58. Bernard
Durlessis, is also a member of the
committee.
Student Activity
at St. Genevieve's
ASHEVILLE, N. C.—The month
of March at St. Genevieve-of-the-
Pines was marked by the reception
of the first members into the Pine
Tree Chapter ol the National Hon
or Society of Secondary Schools
of the National Association of
Secondary School Principals. The
charter members in the Acadjmy,
who will be formally received dur
ing April, are: Alda Heykoop, Dor
othy McAlister, Anna Johnson.
Probationary members are: Mil
dred Matthews, Anne Evans, Mar
ilyn Blomberg, Tcije van Dobben-
burgh.
The weekly assembly on March
14 feature a panel discussion by
members of the faculty. The
speakers explained the purposes
and methods of research, the topic
of the annual competitive essays,
and the conditions of eligibility
for these contests.
The dramatic class of the Junior
College participated in the West
ern North Carolina Drama Festi
val held in Asheville, March 15-17.
The play entered this year, a one-
act tragedy, was “WlTUe Iris," by
Roberta Shannon. In the cast were
Barbara McCormick. Genevieve
Doyle, Peggy Hyder and Barbara
Warren. There is a possibility
that the playlet will be repeated
during the State Drama Festival
to be held at the University of
North Carolina in April.
The annual debate of the Aca
demy seniors was held March 1C.
The subject was: “Resolved—That
cna year’s military training should
be compulsory.” On the victorious
affirmative side were Joan Fcrrey,
Sara Hendrick and Alda Heykoop.
The negative team included Benn
Edney, Peggy Lees and Betsy
Winn.
On March 18. the college glee
club* presented a program at the
■ Laurentine Canteen. A number
of Irish selections reflected the
approach of St. Patrick's Day. So-
losists were Joan Witt and Mary
Margaret Berry, who were also in
a quartette with Peggy Hyder and
Dorothy Kilpatrick.
Interest in sports was manifest
ed in the academy basket ball
tournament which was won by the
freshman with the juniors as run-
■ ner-ups. The grammar grades also
took part in the tournament and
proceeds of a game between the
seventh and eighth grades were
donated to the Red Cross, to which
fund all three departments of the
school contributed generously.
The college library sale was
held on March 19. and the dav
remaining before the Easter hol
idays, which began March 28, were
devoted to monthly and quarterly
tests.
HIS HOLINESS Pope Pius XII
recently received in a private au
dience Prof. Eugene Zolli and his
wife, both recent converts to the
faith. Dr. Zolli was Chief Rabbi
ol the Jewish community Rome.
Scouts Serve as City Officials
CLARKE TRENT ALEXIS NICHOLAS
Clarke. Trent, left, a member of Boy Scout Troop 58, sponsored by
St. Leo’s parish, Winston-Salem, N. C., was chosen to serve as Mayor
of Winston-Salem during Scout Anniversary Week. Alexis R. Nicholas,
right, also a member of Troop 58, was chosen to fill the next highest
office in the city government, serving as Commissioner of Finance.
Hibernian Society of Charleston
Holds 144th Annual Meeting
(Special to The Bulletin) fleeted credit on the organiza-
CHARLESTON, S. C.—Tribute tion. Gerald M. Carter, retiring
was paid to America’s millions of
fighting, men’ on the battlefronts of
the world, by the Rev. J. Lawrence
McLaughlin, chaplain of the
Hibernian Society at the annual
St. Patrick’s Day banquet of that
body.
“We reverence them and beg
God to protect, them,” Father Mc
Laughlin said. "Our mental and
spiritual preparation to achieve
the high purposes of peace for the
world will only be apparent when-
Berlin is taken and Tokyo is de
stroyed. St. Patrick’s life is a
challenge to rid our lives of srruill
prejudice ande seeing aftcrespecTal
privilege, to become more aware
of the best thought of the best
contemporary thinkers wherever
they be found, to dedicate our
selves to the high purpose of
stamping out all greed, hatred and
all their evil retinue.”
At the society’s 144th annual
meeting, held on St. Patrick’s Day,
C. Fletcher Carter, Jr., was elect
ed president to succeed James A.
McAlister. Other officers elected
were Joseph W. Welsh, vice-presi
dent: George Bailey, secretary;
Bartley C. Riddock, treasurer, and
Father McLaughlin, chaplain.
William J. Leonard, retiring
treasurer, read the annual finan
cial statement, which he said re-
“BOBBY SOCKS” DANCE
AT RALEIGH USO CLUB
(Special to The Bulletin)
RALEIGH. N. C.—-Junior hos
tesses at tire Raleigh USO-NCCS
Club entertained with a “bobby
socks” dance on the first Satur
day evening in March, and assist
ed Mrs. P. -B. Edelen is serving
breakfast at the club on Sunday 1
morning. Coffee was served
throughout the day by Mrs. R. G.
Sherrill.
On Sunday afternoon a program
was presented by the pupils of the
McDonald School of Dancing un
der the direction of Miss Boots
McDonald. Appearing on the pro
gram were Sylvia Carroll, Angela
Griffin, Hannah Jane Phelps,
Shirley Slocum, Betty Garner,
Joanna Johnson, ’ Patricia Garner,
Sue Creel, Rosemary Hayes, San
dra Shaw, Lucy Sumner, Betsy
Emory and Miss McDonald. Fol
lowing the program the junior hos
tesses served supper.
Hostesses over the week-end
were Misses Shirley Flowers, Mary
Lib Arnold, Mary Parsons, Cleo
Berry, Mary Louise Murrat, Let-
ty Lou Johnson, Evelyn Check,
Nita Pace, Martha Ann Chandler.
Chaperones were Mrs. L. J. Mattes,
Mrs. H. S. Wetmore. Mrs. Lillian
White, Mrs. II. K. Witherspoon.
Assisting vvitih the entertainment,
were L. M. Gerling, Charles
Roetschi. Walter Caldcr and H. K.
Witherspoon. Misses Nan Steele
and Lib Summers served at - the
candy counter, and Miss Elsie Mc
Clure and Miss Elizabeth Full at
the registration desk.
SAVANNAH LIONS HEAR
FATHER ROBERT BRENNAN,
SAVANNAH, Ga.—“America
united in war must remain united
in peace if we are to be worthy
of that peace purchased by the
shedding of the blood of all
classes of Americans,” the Rev.
Robert Brennan, C). S. B„ declared
in an address delivered at the
meeting of the members of the
Lions Club on March 15.
secretary, reported a total mem
bership of 304, which included 34
associate members and 24 mem
bers in the armed forces.
The society voted to send flow
ers to John F. Riley, Lawrence
W. Bicaise. J. Albert Von Dohlen
and J. J. Bennett, members who
were unable to attend the meet
ing because of illness.
Committee appointments for
1945-46 were made as follows:
Managing committee: E. G.
Skinner, chairman; William L.
Schaclite, Frank Sottile, J. J.
Scott. Joseph P. Riley, Matthew
P. Halloran, C. R. Woodward,
Gustav Dosclicr, Jr., Henry String-
field, John Petermann, Frank G.
McCoy.
Committee on finance: William
J Leonard, chairman; Lawrence
M. Fiftc-kuoy, C. Lester Cannon,
John F. Riley, T, J. Thorne, E.
Julius Cappelmann.
Committee on Relief: The Rev.
J. L. McLaughlin, chairman; Dr
D. L. Maguire, G. F. Doscher, Sr.,
J. F. Riley, II. C. Nolle, W. J.
Hanlon, Dr. N. S. Lea, William
A .O’Brien.
Committee on Letters: J. Sin
clair Smith, chairman; M. A. Con
don, Ernest L. Allen, Harry E.
Barsh, John 1. Cosgrove.
Historian: John I. Cosgrove.
CHALESTON K. OF C. TO
BE HOST TO ORPHANS
AT EASTER EGG HUNT
(Special to Tlic Bulletin)
CHARLESTON, S. C.—An East
er egg hunt for the children of the
Charleston Orphan Home will be
sponsored by Bishop Lynch Coun
cil, Knights of Columbus, on the
afternoon of April 2, on the
grounds of the Women’s Division
USO-NCCS Club.
J. B. Claroy, 1 grand knight, will
present a prize to the child who
finds the most eggs. Ice cream
and cake will be served the youth
ful guests after the hunt.
Miss Mary Frances Conlon and
Miss Mary Shahid will direct a
group of junior hostesses of the
USO-NCCS Club in dyeing and
biding several hundred eggs. Dur
ing tilt* afternoon, soldiers will act
as adopted parents of the young
sters.
IMR. AND MRS. P. J. McNAMAKA
TO CELEBRATE GOLDEN
WEDDING ANNIVERSARY
SAVANNAH, Ga. — Mr. and
Mrs. Patriqk James McNamara
will commemorate the fiftieth
aniversary of their marriage on
April 14, at a Mass which will be
offered by their son, the Right
Rev- Monsignoi T. James Mc
Namara, in the presence Of the
Most Rev. Gerald P. O’Hara, D.D.,
J. U. D., Bishop of Savanah-At-
lanta, at the Cathedral of St. John
the Baptist, and at a reception
which wil be held at the McNa
mara home on Habersham Street
that afternoon.
EMPHASIZING that “lack of
religious and moral training is un
doubtedly a factor in the troubled
lives” of delinquent children, Ed
mund G. Brown, district attorney
of San Francisco, has recommend
ed that a “released time” law be
tried in the community to assure
that children “be drawn into
church halls and will receive es
sential religious guidance."
MARRIAGES
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AUGUSTA, Ga.—Mr. and Mrs.
Patrick W. Rice have announced
the marriage of their .daughter,
Miss Mary Genevieve Rice, to En
sign Carleton Leroy Duvall, at St.
Mary’s-on-The-Hill church on
March 13, the Very Rev. Thomas
A. Brennan, V. F., officiating.
Ensign Duval! "is the son of Mrs.
C. L. Duvall of Augusta. His
grandfather, who died last year,
was connected for a number of
years with the advertising depart
ment of The Bulletin.
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ATLANTA, Ga.—Mr. and Mrs
P. F. O’Leary announce the mar
riage of their daughter, Miss Hel
en O’Leary, to Mr. Richard Cole
man, at the Sacred Heart Church,
the Rev- Francis M. Perry, S. M.,
officiating.
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RALEIGH, N. C.—Miss Rosalie
Marie Fallon, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. James Joseph Fallon, of
Raleigh, and Lieutenant Robert
Hayes Hanley, U.S.N.R., son of
Mr. and Mrs. John A. Hanley, of
Hopcdale, Mass., were married
with a Nuptial Mass at the Sa
cred Heart Cathedral here on
March 12, the Very Rev- Msgr. J.
Lennox Federal officiating.
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CHARLESTON. S. C. — Miss
Veronica Murphy, daughter of
Mrs. William M. Murphy, of
Charleston, and Tech. Sgt- Harold
W. Johnson, of Youngstown,
Ohio, were married on February
20 at St. Columbo’s Cathedral in
Youngstown, the Rev. Ralph J.
Friedricks officiating.
McKAY-BRADSIIAW
CHARLESTON, S- C. — Miss
Mary Cathryne Bradshaw, of Mi
ami Beach, Fla., and Mr. Robert
Clement McKay, quartermaster
first class, U. S. Navy, of Char
leston. were married recently in
the rectory of Gesu Church, Mi
ami, the Rev. James A. Greeley,
S. J., officiating.
SAINTER-HANK1NS
CHARLESTON. S. C. — Mrs
Maude Martin Hankins has an
nounced the marriage of her
daughter, Miss Ruth Elizabeth
Hankins, and Sergeant William
Joseph Sainlcr, U. S. Army,
West Allis, Wisconsin, on Febru
ary 24, the Rev. Allied J. Laube,
assitant pastor of St. Mary’s
Church, officiating.
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CHARLESTON. S. C. — Miss
Martha Rochefort Bailey, daugh
ter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Hen
ry McKee Bailey, of Charleston,
and Mr. Kenneth James Quinn.
U. S. Coast Guard, of Chicago,
were married on March 15 at St.
Patrick’s Church, the Rev. J. Law
rence McLaughlin officiating.
DENNON-DYAR
ATLANTA, Ga- — Miss Elsie
Dyar, daughter of Mrs. John A.
Dyar, and Lieutenant (j. g.) Wil
liam Dennon. of Tecumseh, Kans.,
were married on March 1 in the
chapel ol'Jhe Naval Air Station in
Pensacola. Chaplain John J.
O’Leary officiating.
MUNDAY-VVEBB
ATLANTA. Ga.—Miss Kathryn
Laliarranne Webb, daughter of
Mrs. Evelyn Mott Webb, of Atlan
ta. and Ligon Webb, of Kenmorc,
N. Y., was married on March 13
to Lieutenant Herbert A. Mun-
day, U. S- A. A. F., of Cleburne,
Texas, at the Sacred Heart
Church here, the Very Rev. Ed
ward P. McGrath. S. M., officiat
ing.
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ATLANTA, Ga.—Mr. and Mrs. Jo
seph Everett Skaggs, of Jackson
ville Fla., have announced the
marriage of their niece, . Miss
Frances Margaret Tylee, to Lieu
tenant Vincent Allen Kane, U.S.
N. R., at the Church of the As
sumption, South Jacksonville, the
Rev. Clair Berry officiating.
Lieutenant Kane is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. Bernard J. Kane,
of Atlanta.
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SUMTER, S. C—Mrs. Jean Ben
ton Conway and Mr. Douglas Mo
ran Moses were married on March
5 at St. Anne’s Church, the Rev.
John P. Clancy officiating.
Mrs. Moses is the daughter of
Mrs. Jane Spann Benton of Sum
ter. Mr. Moses is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. E. H. Moses, of Sumter.
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SAVANNAH. Ga.—Miss Marion
Elaine Oliver, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. William Matthes, ot Wilkes-
Barre, Pa., and M. M. 2-c Manuel
Oliver, Jr., U. S. N., son of Manuel
Oliver, of Savannah, were mar
ried at the Church of the Immacu
late Conception, Camden, N. J.,
the Rev. Peter Kelly officiating.
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ATHENS, Ga.—Miss Florence
Rosalie Donnelly, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. William J. Donnelly, of
Millcdgeville and Athens, and Mr.
Bernard William „Walsh, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Wuliam Walsh, of
Jacksonville, Fla., were married
on March 16 at St. Joseph’s
Church here, the Rev. J. Robert
Brennan officiating.
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SAVANNAH, Ga—Miss Mar
garet Farrell, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. William J. Farrell, and Cpl.
William Forrest Braziel were mar
ried on February 24 at the Church
of the Blessed Sacrament, the Rev.
Daniel J. Bourke officiating.
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AUGUSTA, Ga—Miss Eliza Wil
liams Taft, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Edward P. Taft, formerly of
Augusta, now of Greenville, S. C.,
and Lt. John C. Bentley, Jr., U. S.
N. It., ot Weymouth, Mass., were
married on.March 17 in the rec
tory of St. Patrick's Church.
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CHARLESTON, S. C.—Miss
Mary Catherine Duane, daughter
of Mrs. Mattie Duane and the late
Joseph Duane, and Chief Pharma
cist’s Mate Roger Philip Stokar-
ski, U. S. Navy, of Deerfield,
Mass., were married at Gesu
Church, Miami, the Rev. Thomas
J. Shields, S. J., officiating.
PROCELL-TART
YEARGIN-GERNATT
SAVANNAH, f Ga. — Mr. and
Mrs. Henry Gernatt announce the
marriage of their daughter, Miss
Gertrude Henrietta Gernatt, to
Lieut. Oliver Harold Yeargin, on
March 15, at the Hunter Field
Wing Chapel, Chaplain A. A-
Williams officiating.
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DILLON, S. C.—Miss Gertrude
Elizabeth Tart, of Dunn, N. C., and
Mr. James Joseph Procell, of
Nozle, La., and Fort Bragg, N. C.
were married recently at St. Louis
Church here, the Rev. Charles J.
Bapm officiating.
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SAVANNAH, Ga., Miss Corinne
Brady, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
C. R. Brady, and Mr. John J.
Owen, Jr-, U. S. Merchant Marine,
were married on March 22, at the
Cathedral of St. John the Baptist
the Rt. Rev. Msgr. T. James Mc
Namara officiating.
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ATLANTA, Ga. — Mrs. Hurt.
Witt announces the marriage of
her daughter, Miss Joann Hurt
"Witt, and Lt. Walter Oliver
Costello, son of Mrs. William L.
Sellers, of Atlanta, on March 24,
at the Cathedral of Christ the
King, the Rev. Cornelius Maloney
officiating.
SEN. WALTER F. GEORGE of
Georgia, speaking from Washing
ton on the “Baptist Hour,” asked
Americans to demand inclusion of
a declaration for freedom of re
ligion in any United Nations world
organization.